Over 500,000 displaced in Cambodia by Thai border clashes: interior ministry

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Published On: 21 Dec 2025, 09:07 Updated On:21 Dec 2025, 09:37

PHNOM PENH, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - More than half a million people in Cambodia have been displaced from their homes by two weeks of deadly border clashes with neighbouring Thailand, Phnom Penh's interior ministry said Sunday.

"At present, more than half a million Cambodian people, including women and children, are suffering severe hardship due to forced displacement from their homes and schools to escape artillery shells, rockets, and aerial bombardments carried out by Thailand's F-16 aircraft," the interior ministry said in a statement, giving the total number of people evacuated as 518,611.

Around 400,000 people have been displaced in Thailand due to the reignited border conflict, Bangkok has said.

 

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